Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-08-26

bought the mare zephyr OF Mr.. Nelson
Beckwith of Berlin and sent her to Osh-
kosh and had her served to Billy Bhshaw,
then the property of Mr.. Geo. Cameron,
the produce being the brown colt after
ward purchased by Mr.. Joseph Bassett
of Berlin and called by him Bashaw
Golddust.
Concerning the breeding of Champion
Golddust there has been a diversity of
opinion, he having been credited to YER
mont Morgan, sire of Dorsey's Golddust
and to Dorsey's Golddust. We have Civ
en- the matter very careful attention. and
can find no reason for doubling that he
was sired by Dorsey's Golddust. In sub
sanitation of this we have not only the
statement of Mr.. l.. l.. Dorsey, his breed
er. who says that he well remembers
both Mr. Beckwith and the colt and is
sure that the colt was sired by Golddust,
though he does not remember the breed
ing of the dam, but also that of Mr., Nor
ris Cummings. now of Berlin, who was
a member of the 81 Wisconsin Battery,
which was encamped near Mr.. Dorsey's
place in Kentucky, in March, 1852. Mr.
trimmings says that, being much inter-
ested in horses he visited Mr.. Dorsey's
place quite frequently to see the colts ;
that Mr. Dorsey had two colts of the
same age, about three years-a sorrel and
a dapplc gray; Lieut.. James Purdy Of
the battery liked the sorrel and wrote to
Mr.. Beckwith to come down and buy
him, which he did. Mr.. trimmings is
quite sure that the colt was said to be by
Golddust The theory that Champion
Golddust was sired by Vermont Morgan
seems to have sprung from Il statement
said to have been made by Mr.. Beckwith
that his horse was half brother to
DOrsey's GOlddust. We wrote to Mrs.
\. G.. Cary. who was the second wife of
the late Mr.. Beckwth, to know if she
could give us Mr.. Beckwith's opinion in
regard to this matter. In reply, Mrs.
Cary says that Zephyr was a great favor
lite with them: she was sired by Cham
pion Goddust, who was son of a horse
by the same name owned by l.. l.. Dor
sey of Kentucky; he was a half brother
to a famous horse sold by Mr.. Dorsey in
Buffalo some 20 years ago. As the horse
referred to as having been sold by Mr..
, Dorsey in Buffalo was undoubtedly ROlla
, GoldduSt, we think there can be no doubt
. but that this was the Golddust of Mr..
Dorsey which Mr.. Beckwith stated was
a half brother to his horse.
f y letter Just received from Mr.. }. r.
Purdy of Sherburne Corners. y. Y.
q gives this significant information: II
= am the gentleman who visited Mr.. Dor
sey. saw the colt which Mr.. Beckwith
afterward purchased and named Champi-
: on Golddust. | wrote Mr.. Beckwith tC
come down and buy him. Mr.. Dorsey
t claimed him to be son of his horse
: Golddust, out of mare by Green Noun
i, tain Black Hawk
t Mr.. Frank Avery of Rochester, Mimi.
says: II took care of Champion Gold
dust, and always understood him to be
f out of Morgan mare"
f Mr.. \. {. Austin of Oshkosh gave con.
siderable attention to tracing the breed
f ing of Billy BaShaw, the sire of Joe Bias
? sett, and by his permission we will intro
? duce the evidence obtained by him. IN
the first place we have the statement OF
Mr.. Austin himself; that he knew the
horse, Billy Bashaw. from the time he
- first came to Oshkosh and was purchased
by Mr.. Cameron. The following aflida
Wit, which was obtained by Mr.. Austin
clearly explains how the horse that had
been called Brown Dick came to be called
G Billy BaShaw. The affidavit of Mr.
= Powers is as follows:
: Rufus Powers, being by me duly
g sworn, doth depoSe and say, that he was
D in the employ of \. w. Brown from lsG(
= to about $50. and that he was with Mr.
Brown at Sparta, Wis, at the time ht
l. purchased the horse Brown Dick of j
a w. Baker and that said horse was called
D Brown Dick and not by any other nam,
at that time; that some five or six week,
: after the purchase. Mr. Brown left spar
ia for Oshkosh by rail. drove the hors,
IlpN II I'lNh anu IL >OIItl mare CHllpt
+ Foxy across the country to Oshkosh
: ON arriving AT Oshkosh | found Mr.
l. Brown at the Empire House. He tolC
4 me we would take the horses to Cameron
L ~ Worden'S livery stable. On the wa,
y there, he said, lam trying to sell Brow
! Dick TO NJ. Cameron, and have repre-
y sented to him that his name is Billy Bash
u aw and that he was sired by Green
: Bashaw and you must be careful and no
{ call him Brown Dick any more and th
! was the first time ever heard him called
: Billy Bashaw, or represented as sired by
y Green's BaShaw.
5 RUFUS POWERS.
e "Subscribed and sworn to before IN,
r. this 18th day of December 1881.
e HENRY BARBER. Notary Public"